[council] Re: GNSO reviews and recommended changes - for informal discussion at tonight's dinner

[Denise Michel]

Additional background information, per our discussion:

Board Governance Committee membership:  Hagen Hultzsch, Veni Markovski, 
Alejandro Pisanty (Chair), Rita Rodin, Vanda Scartezini, and Peter 
Dengate Thrush (note that Paul Twomey and Vint Cerf participated in this 
morning's meeting)

Bylaws directing independent review:

Article IV, Section 4. PERIODIC REVIEW OF ICANN STRUCTURE AND OPERATIONS
1. The Board shall cause a periodic review, if feasible no less 
frequently than every three years, of the performance and operation of 
each Supporting Organization, each Supporting Organization Council, each 
Advisory Committee (other than the Governmental Advisory Committee), and 
the Nominating Committee by an entity or entities independent of the 
organization under review. The goal of the review, to be undertaken 
pursuant to such criteria and standards as the Board shall direct, shall 
be to determine (i) whether that organization has a continuing purpose 
in the ICANN structure, and (ii) if so, whether any change in structure 
or operations is desirable to improve its effectiveness. The results of 
such reviews shall be posted on the Website for public review and 
comment, and shall be considered by the Board no later than the second 
scheduled meeting of the Board after such results have been posted for 
30 days. The consideration by the Board includes the ability to revise 
the structure or operation of the parts of ICANN being reviewed by a 
two-thirds vote of all members of the Board.


Terms of reference for LSE review: 
<http://www.icann.org/gnso/review-tor-background-04nov05.htm>

Regards,

Denise

Denise Michel
Vice President, Policy Development
ICANN
denise.michel at icann.org